“Truly,” answered his companion,“much is given to some,and little is given to others.Injustice has parcelled out the world,nor is there equal division of aught save of sorrow.”
But as they were bewailing their misery to each other this strange thing happened.There fell from heaven a very bright and beautiful star.It slipped down the side of the sky,passing by the other stars in its course,and,as they watched it wondering,it seemed to them to sink behind a clump of willow trees that stood hard by a little sheepfold no more than a stone’s-throw away.